Prince Harry says he 'wants his father back' in new interview

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By Phoebe Egoroff

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Prince Harry has said that he wants "his father back" in a teaser for a new interview set to be aired this weekend, just days before the release of his memoir.

The 38-year-old youngest son of King Charles III and the late Princess Diana has been in and out of headlines in the past few weeks following the release of the Netflix docuseries he created with his wife Meghan Markle, 41.

That project focused on the early stages of their whirlwind romance, their highly-anticipated 2018 wedding, and the controversial departure from their roles as senior royals.

Now based in Los Angeles, Harry is set to publish his first memoir, entitled Spare, which will reportedly delve into details of his conflict with Prince William as well as events leading up to his decision to leave the UK with his young family.

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And it appears as if the father-of-two is on the promotional trail for the ghost-written book, having recently participated in an interview that is set to air on ITV this Sunday (January 8).

In a short clip from the interview, Harry is heard saying that "silence is betrayal" in what is believed to be Buckingham Palace's treatment of him and his wife Meghan, per Sky News. In another snippet, he also states that he "would like to have his father back" as well as his older brother, Prince William.

"I want a family, not an institution," he said, adding that his family has "shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile."

It seems Harry also touches upon the claims he and Meghan made in their Netflix docuseries, where they accused King Charles III's office of leaking information on their plans to relocate to South Africa and Canada. "It never needed to be this way," he says, referring to "the leaking and the planting."

Harry also said in the clip that "they feel as though it is better to keep us somehow as the villains."

The interview is set to touch upon Harry's personal relationships, the lasting effects of his mother's 1997 death, and his plans for the future. On the same day, a 60 Minutes interview with Harry and Anderson Cooper will also be airing.

The prince did add that he has been force to air his concerns with his family publicly to combat tabloid stories. "Every single time I've tried to do it privately there have been briefings and leakings and planting of stories against me and my wife. You know, the family motto is never complain, never explain, but it's just a motto."

Explaining the "leaking" and "planting", Harry stated: "They will feed or have a conversation with the correspondent. And that correspondent will literally be spoon-fed information and write the story.

"And at the bottom of it they will say that they've reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment. But the whole story is Buckingham Palace commenting."

"So when we're being told for the last six years, 'We can't put a statement out to protect you'... But you do it for other members of the family. It becomes - there becomes a point when silence is betrayal," he continued.

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